Badenoch – put migrants in camps

KEMI Badenoch has suggested migrants currently housed in hotels could instead be held in “camps”, as the number of English Channel small boat crossings nears 50,000 since Sir Keir Starmer took office as Prime Minister.

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The Conservative Party leader warned that some communities “don't feel safe”, as she visited Epping, in Essex, where protesters have gathered in recent weeks opposing a decision to house asylum seekers in local hotels.

Latest Home Office figures show that 49,797 people have arrived on British shores by small boat since Labour won last year’s general election.

At Epping’s Black Lion pub, Mrs Badenoch told members of the community: “We've got to turn things around very quickly. We cannot use rules from 1995, or 2005, or even 2015 for 2025.

“Our world is changing very quickly, and we need to adapt to it.” She added: “Is it possible for us to set up camps and police that, rather than bringing all of this hassle into communities?”